Atomic Bomb Blast Effects

Color footage of atomic bomb tests with active duty military personnel at Camp Desert Rock, Nevada Test Site, Nevada. Shows soldiers in foxholes as nuclear detonation occurs nearby; light and shockwaves; blowing dust; soldiers climbing out of foxholes and running towards mushroom cloud. Some of this footage is familiar by virtue of having been seen in the film Atomic Cafe. Astounding footage of nuclear weapons testing; atomic bomb explosion in the southwestern US desert (New Mexico); great mushroom cloud shots; soldiers in trenches passing time in the desert. 00:01:13:06 1950s to 1960s line of army jeeps drive toward camera down long straight road in desert nuclear test site; jeeps pass sign “If Your Wouldn’t Tell Stalin, Don’t Tell Anyone.” 00:01:21:24 CU sign in blue and red letters on white board “Talk Means Trouble, Don’t Talk.” 00:01:26:17 CU sign posted along desert road in blue and red letters on a white board “If You Get Your Information Here, Leave It Here.” 00:01:43:08 Soldiers in camouflage helmets and green uniforms walk past camera; one soldier on large walkie-talkie radio phone. 00:01:56:19 Great shot of army truck parked in the desert of what looks like the southwest